Sunday, October 01, 2006

Dhimmitude for Dhummies

Check out Dhimmitude for Dummies by Victor Sharpe.

Biretta tip to Orthodoxy Today.
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Thomas said...

"And the Moslem Ottoman power, which at its height again threatened all of Western Europe, was barely turned back at the gates of Vienna on 11 September 1683 by a coalition of European armies. Incidentally, could there be a connection between 9.11.1683 and 9.11.2001, or is it just coincidence?"

I discovered this startling coincidence in the latter part of the week of 9-11-01 reading Hilaire Belloc’s "The Great Heresies". Given the fact that he wrote the book prior to the Second World War, his warning is quite striking:

“Vienna, as we saw, was almost taken and only saved by the Christian army under the command of the King of Poland on a date that ought to be among the most famous in history – September 11, 1683.”

I also shared it with a professor who then shared it with a friend in the Bush administration who said that the President’s office was already aware of it. However, when I shared this amazing fact with a very knowledgeable Church Historian friend, he claimed that the date is wrong and dismissed the coincidence.

Can anyone confirm it?

9:55 AM
Anonymous said...

I've read a couple of articles on virtueonline.org in the culture wars section over the last six or so months that referred to the 9/11/1683 date and the authors did not consider it to be coincidental. i do not have time to search the archives right now. In The Decline of Eastern Christianity under Islam, Bat Ye'or comments on the Turkish jihad spanning 5 centuries and advancing as far as Vienna, with a date of 1683 - no month/no day.

7:48 PM
Anonymous said...

Great article. I'm afraid dhimmitude is on the horizon for those dhumb enough to have allowed the Mohammedans to overrun their nations.

4:19 PM

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